What are the reasons for differences in job satisfaction across europe individual, compositional, and institutional explanations

European Sociological Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-549

  Pichler, Florian ^a   Wallace, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349603064     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn070     Document Type: Article

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